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Lyttelton Spring 2021

Christchurch · 27 November 2021 · 10 events · 50 competitors · 113 personal bests

Dwyane Ramos won four of the ten events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Clock) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Chris Mills by 0.01 seconds. 50 competitors produced 113 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Dwyane Ramos set the 3×3 one-handed average continental record: 9.53.

Four wins
Dwyane Ramos — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Skewb
0.01s
closest final — 3×3, Chris Mills over Adrien Auvray Matyn
113
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Chris Mills5.956.85
2×2Dwyane Ramos2.032.31
4×4Chris Mills27.9929.29
5×5Ben Kirby52.2056.55
3×3 blindfoldedJames Macdiarmid33.71
3×3 one-handedDwyane Ramos8.059.53
ClockDwyane Ramos7.207.87
PyraminxJasper Murray1.792.34
SkewbDwyane Ramos1.982.79
Square-1Adrien Auvray Matyn8.8411.61

The PB harvest

113 set · 26 still standing
  • Ben Kirby — 3×3 single 5.32: into the top 0.19% of the event's history.
  • James Ogg — Pyraminx single 3.75: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Jasper Murray — Square-1 single 10.80: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Elliott O'Brien — 3×3 single 10.30: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Isaac Latta — 4×4 single 37.90: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • James Ogg — 3×3 single 12.07: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
  • James Ogg — 2×2 single 3.42: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
  • Max Thomas Broadbridge — Skewb single 5.30: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

50 competitors · 508 results · 10 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Chris Mills won it with a 6.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1L2 B2 U2 F2 L U2 L2 D2 L' B2 R B2 D' L' D F' U F' D' L F
  2. 2F2 R' B2 R' U2 L D2 U2 L F2 U' B2 F' U' L' B2 R'
  3. 3B' D2 R2 U2 F' U2 B' L' B2 U B' D L2 B D' F' D'
  4. 4L' D R2 B2 D2 F2 R2 B2 D R2 D R2 U B' R F2 R U' F L2 D'
  5. 5U B' F2 L2 F2 L2 R2 U' B2 D F2 U' F' U' F L' D' R B2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.